Classical group matrix models and universal criticality
arXiv:2205.01236 · doi:10.1007/JHEP09(2022)163
Abstract
We study generalizations of the Gross--Witten--Wadia unitary matrix model for the special orthogonal and symplectic groups. We show using a standard Coulomb gas treatment -- employing a path integral formalism for the ungapped phase and resolvent techniques for the gapped phase with one coupling constant -- that in the large limit, the free energy normalized modulo the square of the gauge group rank is twice the value for the unitary case. Using generalized Cauchy identities for character polynomials, we then demonstrate the universality of this phase transition for an arbitrary number of coupling constants by linking this model to the random partition based on the Schur measure.
arXiv comment18 pages, minor correction post-publication
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